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The Museum of the City of New York1220 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10029The Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) houses permanent and special exhibitions exclusively related
to the five boroughs, from their Dutch origins to the present day. The thematic permanent galleries are devoted to early fire-fighting techniques and their evolution; trade and the city's strategic role as the port of the New World; Broadway history and theater memorabilia; plus, historic children's toys and period rooms. Gracie Mansion housed the museum from its 1923 founding until 1932, when its current home was completed. Nearly a block long, Joseph H. Freedlander's Georgian-Colonial style brick building lies along serene, picturesque Museum Mile, across from the Conservatory Garden and just south of El Museo del Barrio. Inside, the main floor displays temporary exhibits such as "Magnum's New Yorkers" and "Gay Men's Health Crisis: 20 Years Fighting for People with HIV/AIDS." Visitors can pick up a handful of cookbooks from New York dining institutions—Rao's, Balthazar, Le Bernardin—along with subway paraphernalia and above average souvenirs in the museum shop. — Kate Appleton
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